Sunday, May 6, 2007

A. I. O. N.ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY IS A CONDITION CAUSED BY THE INFARCTION OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE SUPPLY THE ANTERIOR (OR FRONT) OF THE OPTIC NERVE. PATIENTS WITH AION WILL (INEVITABLY) PRESENT WITH A PALE, SWOLLEN OPTIC DISC AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED HEMORRAGING WHICH CAN BE NOTED IN THE COLOR FUNDUS PHOTO BELOW.

THE ANGIOGRAPHY ABOVE SHOWS THE VENOUS STAGE OCCURRING QUITE LATE IN THE ANGIOGRAM (ALMOST A MINUTE), WHICH IS TYPICAL IN AION PATIENTS AS THEIR CIRCULATION IS SUB-STANDARD.

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I AM A GRADUATE OF THE RANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY: BIO-COMMUNICATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM. I AM CURRENTLY PURSUING CAREER IN OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHY AT CAROLINA EYE ASSOCIATES IN PINEHURST, NC, AS AN ANGIOGRAPHER IN THEIR IMAGING DEPARTMENT.